{"id":14767,"date":"2018-06-29T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=14767"},"modified":"2019-01-07T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:02:26","slug":"liner-notes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/29\/liner-notes-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Liner Notes News"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been extraordinarily busy lately. After devoting a large chunk of 2017 to the writing of my first book, Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon<\/i><\/a>, in 2018 I\u2019ve been focusing on writing liner note essays for albums. Here\u2019s a summary of recent and upcoming releases with which I\u2019ve been involved.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cannonball Adderley \u2013 Swingin’ in Seattle<\/em><\/b>
\nAdderley was my \u201cgateway drug\u201d into the world of jazz. I\u2019ve previously been involved with four Adderley reissue projects<\/a>, including his final release, Big Man: The Legend of John Henry<\/i><\/a>. I even got a co-producer credit on that one. This upcoming release\u2014due out in November\u2014is different. It\u2019s sourced from previously unreleased, broadcast-quality live recordings of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1966 and \u201867, when the group included Josef Zawinul on piano. Cannon\u2019s between-song raps are included in largely unedited form, and the release will be on vinyl. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dennis Coffey \u2013 <\/b>One Night at Morey\u2019s: 1968<\/b><\/i>
\nThe legendary Funk Brothers guitarist from Detroit had a steady side gig\u2014in addition to his steady main gig of session work\u2014playing in a soul-jazz instrumental trio at Morey Baker\u2019s Showplace Lounge. Coffey and production partner Mike Theodore had the good sense to capture one of those shows for posterity. About half of the performance came out in 2017 as Hot Coffey in the D<\/i>. This year, the remaining tracks\u2014which are every bit as good\u2014were released on a different label. I had interviewed Coffey for Goldmine<\/i><\/a> about the first release; based on a second interview, I wrote the liner notes for One Night at Morey\u2019s<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dennis Coffey \u2013 The Complete Sussex Album Collection
\n<\/i><\/b>And much more recently, I interviewed Coffey a third time, this time discussing the four albums he made for Clarence Avant\u2019s Sussex label. Coffey\u2019s solo career rests upon these amazing records, filled with funky gems like the smash hit \u201cScorpio.\u201d This 2CD collection is due out later this year.<\/p>\n

Ben Folds \u2013 The Complete Sessions at West 54<\/i>th
\n<\/i><\/sup><\/b>Back in the 1990s, I had two young kids and was largely out of music, neither writing nor playing. But it was the joy of listening to newer acts of the time\u2014Ben Folds Five chief among them\u2014that sustained me musically through those years. In all my years of music journalism, I had never found the opportunity to interview Folds, so I was thrilled when I was asked to do so this year. His historic performance on Sessions at West 54<\/i>th<\/i><\/sup> has long been available on DVD, but this release marks the debut of the complete recordings in audio format. Better yet, it\u2019s on vinyl, and this 2LP set marks my first-ever liner notes on a vinyl release. Oh, and there will be another Ben Folds archival release (also with liner notes from me) in early 2019.<\/p>\n

\"\"Malo \u2013 Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Brothers Singles<\/i><\/b>
\nCarlos Santana\u2019s brother Jorge was lead guitarist in a Bay Area band that combined the Latin flavors of Santana with the full arrangements of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Malo scored with the hit \u201cSuavecito,\u201d but the four albums they cut for Warner Brothers have a lot of great tracks. This collection brings together all of the singles from that era, and my extensive interview with Jorge forms the basis of the liner note essay. (I also did a Q&A with Jorge for Rock and Roll Globe<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"\"The Munsters \u2013 <\/b>The Newest Teen-age Singing Group The Munsters<\/b>
\nOkay, the Munsters themselves aren\u2019t actually playing on this album. It\u2019s really one of those teen exploitation releases that were so prevalent in the 1960s. But members of the famed \u201cWrecking Crew\u201d play on these surf\/garage\/novelty tunes, and there\u2019s a slightly bizarre twist concerning the vocalists on the album. Original vinyl copies demand extremely high prices. My liner notes contextualize and explain it all. The music\u2019s a lot of fun, too. Out soon.<\/p>\n

Jorge Santana \u2013 Jorge Santana \/ It’s All About Love<\/i><\/b>
\nAfter our highly enjoyable experience working together on the Malo project, Jorge and I got together again\u2014joined by his songwriting partner Richard Bean\u2014to discuss the pair of solo albums he made in the late 1970s. That reissue set with my liner notes will be out later this summer.<\/p>\n

With luck, I\u2019ll have more projects like these to announce soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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